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4.00 Credits
A study of Japanese drama in its historical, theatrical and literary aspects from the Classical Theatres of Noh, Kabuki and Bunraku to the modern New Theatre and avant-garde experiments. The growth and characteristics of each theater are examined as a living tradition in the broad cultural context of Asia, Japan and the West, with the use of films. Readings are in English. Elective only, does not count toward completion of major or minor. Also offered as Modern Languages (Japanese) 226.
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4.00 Credits
An introductory study of basic technical problems and formal concepts of screenwriting. The study of produced screenplays and formal film technique, along with writing scene exercises, builds toward the construction of a short (50-minute) script. Also offered as English 244 and through Film Studies.
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4.00 Credits
African-American drama is a tradition that has unique themes and forms with sources in African ritual, language; gesture and folklore; the Southern Baptist church; the blues; and jazz. Students examine plays, read essays, view videos and listen to music to discover the qualities that make this drama a vital resource of African-American culture and an important social and political voice. Playwrights include Amiri Baraka, Adrienne Kennedy, George C. Wolfe, Alive Childress, Ntozake Shange, Ed Bullins and August Wilson. Also offered as English 255 and through U.S. Cultural and Ethnic Studies.
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4.00 Credits
The direction of this course is determined largely by the unique combination of students who participate. Students form groups of two or three to work on a collaborative project of their own design reflecting their collective interests. For example, a pair of students may create a multimedia work that draws connections between image and sound. Class sessions feature group critiques of works in progress, study of example works, discussions of relevant aesthetic issues, drawing connections across media and strategies for collaborative work. Also offered as Music 270 and Fine Arts 270.
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4.00 Credits
An extension and intensification of PCA 244. Students are expected to work independently on the preparation of two feature-length screenplays. Workshop format emphasizes the revision and editing process. Prerequisite: PCA 244. Also offered as English 306 and through Film Studies.
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4.00 Credits
This course provides the advanced student with practical skills and an understanding of directing methods, including intensive script analysis, concept development and articulation, composition/ picturization and collaboration with other theater artists. Prerequisites: PCA 125 and PCA 107 or PCA 113; or permission of instructor; PCA 103 is recommended.
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4.00 Credits
These courses are designed to allow students' needs to dictate the availability of certain courses not always offered by the department. Topics might focus on dramatic theory and criticism, rhetorical theory and criticism, the plays of a particular author or the speeches of a particular person or period.
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4.00 Credits
These courses are designed to allow students' needs to dictate the availability of certain courses not always offered by the department. Topics might focus on voice and movement for the theater, performance art, the performance of farce or the performance of nonfiction texts.
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4.00 Credits
Gender encompasses the ways in which our culture and society construct performative expectations around our sex. We do not possess gender; gender is a social process. It is negotiated, it is cultural, it is complicated, and it is enacted. Communication and gender are, therefore, inextricably linked. And how, when, with whom and about what we communicate are linked to cultural scripts around gender. All of our communications have a gendered component and all gender performances are, by definition, communicative. In this course, we explore some of the many contexts, media and modalities in and through which communication and gender intersect. We examine both how we perform gender and how we become gendered through the processes of social interaction. Prerequisite: PCA 127 or GNDR 103.
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4.00 Credits
This course surveys contemporary theories and principles of human communication and complements this inquiry with practical exercises designed to test and explain the theories. Course material focuses on interpersonal communication, non-verbal communication, mass communication, intercultural communication and the relationship between gender and communication. Prerequisite: PCA 127.
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